Hello all,
How do you bring a variable from 1 class frame to another? I wish to bring the variables "name 1","name 2" and "name 3" from Class StartPage to Class Manual Page
Some advice would be generally appreciated!
Here's my code.
How do you bring a variable from 1 class frame to another? I wish to bring the variables "name 1","name 2" and "name 3" from Class StartPage to Class Manual Page
Some advice would be generally appreciated!
Here's my code.
import tkinter as tk
import time
class BackGroundFrame(tk.Tk):
def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
tk.Tk.__init__(self,*args,**kwargs)
container = tk.Frame(self)
container.pack(side="top", fill="both", expand=True)
container.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
container.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
self.frames ={}
for F in (StartPage,ManualPage):
frame= F(container,self)
self.frames[F]= frame
frame.grid(row = 0, column=0,sticky="nsew")
self.show_frame(StartPage)
def show_frame(self,cont):
frame = self.frames[cont]
frame.tkraise()
class StartPage(tk.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, controller):
tk.Frame.__init__(self, parent)
instruction = tk.Label(self,text="Welcome to Dispensing GUI")
instruction.grid(row=0 , column =0,columnspan=3, sticky = "W")
self.action1 = tk.Button(self, text="Retrieve Solution Name",command=lambda:self.retrievesolutions )
self.action1.grid(row = 0, column = 4,columnspan = 2,sticky= "W")
tk.Label(self,text = " ").grid(row =1, column = 0,sticky = "W")
tk.Label(self,text = "Solutions to Pumps Allocations").grid(row =2, column = 0,columnspan=10,sticky = "W")
self.typeofsolution1 = tk.Entry(self,width=12) #tk.Entry widget function
self.typeofsolution1.grid(row =3, column = 0,sticky = "W")
tk.Label(self,text = "Pump 1").grid(row =4, column = 0,columnspan=2,sticky = "W")
tk.Label(self,text = " ").grid(row =3, column = 1,sticky = "W")
self.typeofsolution2 = tk.Entry(self,width=12) #tk.Entry widget function
self.typeofsolution2.grid(row =3, column = 2, sticky = "W")
tk.Label(self,text = "Pump 2").grid(row =4, column = 2,sticky = "W")
tk.Label(self,text = " ").grid(row =3, column = 3,sticky = "W")
self.typeofsolution3 = tk.Entry(self,width=12)
self.typeofsolution3.grid(row =3, column = 4,sticky = "W")
tk.Label(self,text = "Pump 3").grid(row =4, column = 4,columnspan=2,sticky = "W")
tk.Label(self,text = " ").grid(row =3, column = 5,sticky = "W")
self.typeofsolution4 = tk.Entry(self,width=12)
self.typeofsolution4.grid(row =3, column = 6,sticky = "W")
tk.Label(self,text = "Pump 4").grid(row =4, column = 6,columnspan=2,sticky = "W")
self.submitManual = tk.Button(self,text="Manual",command=lambda:controller.show_frame(ManualPage))
self.submitManual.grid(row =8,rowspan=5, column = 0, columnspan = 4,sticky = "W")
self.submitAutomatic = tk.Button(self,text="Automatic")
self.submitAutomatic.grid(row =8,rowspan=5, column = 1, columnspan = 2,sticky = "W")
def retrievesolutions(self):
global name1
global name2
global name3
name1 = self.typeofsolution1.get()
name2 = self.typeofsolution2.get()
name3 = self.typeofsolution3.get()
print(name1,name2,name3)
class ManualPage(tk.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, controller):
tk.Frame.__init__(self, parent)
self.manualtitle = tk.Label(self, text="Welcome to Manual Dispensing")
self.manualtitle.grid(row=0 , column =0, columnspan=6, sticky="W")
tk.Label(self,text = "Solution Name ").grid(row =1, column = 0,sticky="W")
tk.Label(self,text = "Time Input(s) ").grid(row =1, column = 2,sticky="w")
tk.Label(self,text = "Dispense").grid(row =1, column = 5,sticky="W")
self.text1 = tk.Text(self, width =10, height = 1)
self.text1.grid(row = 2, column = 0,columnspan= 10,sticky= "W")
tk.Label(self,text = " ").grid(row =3, column = 0,sticky="W")
self.text2 = tk.Text(self, width =10, height = 1)
self.text2.grid(row = 4, column = 0,columnspan= 10,sticky= "W")
tk.Label(self,text = " ").grid(row =5, column = 0,sticky="W")
self.text3 = tk.Text(self, width =10, height = 1)
self.text3.grid(row = 6, column = 0,columnspan= 10,sticky= "w")
tk.Label(self,text = " ").grid(row =7, column = 0,sticky="W")
self.text4 = tk.Text(self, width =10, height = 1)
self.text4.grid(row = 8, column = 0,columnspan= 10,sticky= "w")
tk.Label(self,text = " ").grid(row =9, column = 0,sticky="W")
self.submitlol = tk.Button(self,text="Back to Main Menu",command=lambda:controller.show_frame(StartPage))
self.submitlol.grid(row =10,rowspan=5, column = 0, columnspan = 4,sticky = "W")
self.timepump1 = tk.Entry(self,width = 10) #entry widget function
self.timepump1.grid(row =2, column = 1,columnspan=10,sticky="w")
self.timepump2 = tk.Entry(self,width = 10) #entry widget function
self.timepump2.grid(row =4, column = 1,columnspan=10,sticky="w")
self.timepump3 = tk.Entry(self,width = 10) #entry widget function
self.timepump3.grid(row =6, column = 1,columnspan=10,sticky="w")
self.timepump4 = tk.Entry(self,width = 10) #entry widget function
self.timepump4.grid(row =8, column = 1,columnspan=10,sticky="w")
self.submit1 = tk.Button(self, text="Dispense 1")
self.submit1.grid(row =2, column = 3, columnspan = 10,sticky="w")
self.submit2= tk.Button(self, text="Dispense 2")
self.submit2.grid(row =4, column = 3, columnspan = 10,sticky="w")
self.submit3 = tk.Button(self, text="Dispense 3")
self.submit3.grid(row =6, column = 3, columnspan = 10,sticky="w")
self.submit4= tk.Button(self, text="Dispense 4")
self.submit4.grid(row =8, column = 3, columnspan = 10,sticky="w")
global name1
global name2
global name3
self.text1.delete(0.0)
self.text1.insert(0.0, name1)
self.text2.delete(0.0)
self.text2.insert(0.0, name2)
self.text3.delete(0.0)
self.text3.insert(0.0, name3)
app = BackGroundFrame()
app.mainloop()